We are thrilled to announce The Ume Group's Core Ensemble for the 2016-2017 season. This year's company includes a mix of Ume-veterans and previous performance apprentices, with backgrounds ranging from martial arts to puppetry, clown to Irish dance, butoh to Lecoq and lots in between. We can't wait to see what we'll create together.

From top left: Miles Butler, Karina Sindicich, Clara Kundin, Fabio Motta, Laura Aristovulos, Yokko, Brantley Ivey, Jennifer Marinelli, Jorge Luna, Annie McCoy, Keelie Sheridan. ​The Core Ensemble will be the driving force behind our performance and educational initiatives this season, but we are currently on the lookout for more rockstars to join our ranks. We'll be holding auditions for Guest Artists for the upcoming season on September 27th. We're looking for physical performers with a willingness to share their skills, learn new techniques and create big, bold new works.

​Email: keelie@theumegroup.org with a headshot and resume to request an audition appointment, no later than September 21st.

A New Direction

The Ume Group is excited to announce a very special landmark in our 5-year history as a physical theatre ensemble working in New York City. Effective August 19, after five exciting years of butoh and acrobatics-driven creative work and teaching, our beloved Producing Artistic Director, Jordan Rosin is stepping down from the helm to further pursue his teaching career with graduate studies at Dell'Arte International in Blue Lake, CA. Stepping up to replace him in this pivotal leadership role is the incredibly talented Ume Group veteran, Keelie Sheridan. Ms. Sheridan will be supported by a newly appointed team of leaders from among the Core Ensemble, including Yokko (Associate Artistic Director), Clara Kundin (Associate Director of Education), and Karina Sindicich (Opening Training Coordinator).

Keelie was a member of The Ume Group's Core Ensemble from 2014 - 2015 during which time she helped to create the original production of The Ume Group’s Dream Dances and led the Winter/Spring 2015 Training Ensemble centered on ceili dance. This past year, she has spent pursuing an MFA in Theatre Directing at the Lir / Trinity College, Dublin as part of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship program sponsored by the US Ireland Alliance. She is tremendously excited to take on the mantle of Producing Artistic Director and is particularly excited to expand on the company’s level of community engagement and social action, while continuing to push the boundaries of dance and theatre through daring performative experiments.

To see Jordan perform one last time, come see The Ume Group’s 5-Year Anniversary NY Season, playing August 10 - 13 at the Irondale Center, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. If you come on closing night, August 13, and stay after the performance, you'll also be able to participate in the special Closing Night Party and hear Keelie Sheridan's announcement of The Ume Group's 2016 - 2017 season of educational programs and events. (For more info and tickets, click here.)